OrangePi - SSD1306

Add a OLED display to your OrangePi with the system info!

Setup

First you need to have the WiringPi installed and enable the I2C module.

If you use armbian, just run sudo armbian-config and go to System > Hardware select i2c0 and then Save;

After that, clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/andrejrcarvalho/OrangePi_SSD1306.git

Then build the executable file with:

cd ./OrangePi_SSD1306
make clean all 
chmod +x ./display.out

Now you need to connect the screen to your OrangePi following the next table:

SSD1306	OrangePi
VCC	3.3v
GND	0v
SDA	SDA.0
SDK	SCL.0

The program needs also a button to wake up the screen, this button should be connected between the GPIO.1 pin and the 0v pin;

To help with the wiring use the command gpio readall to get the pin layout of your OrangePi.

NOTE: the extra wire from the button is to light up a LED inside the button

After this run the program:

sudo ./display.out

You can add a cron job to run the program each time the system boots up with the command sudo crontab -e and add the following line at the end:

@reboot /<path to the folder>/display.out